Beyoncé promises to behave

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Sep 25, 2009 at 12:01 AM

Beyoncé Knowles has sung about partying like a "naughty girl," but Malaysians can expect her to "dress and act appropriately" for a concert in this Muslim-majority country in October, the event's organizer said.

The R&B superstar has attracted criticism in recent days from the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, the country's largest opposition group, which wants authorities to scrap the Oct. 25 show because it would promote "Western sexy performances."

Knowles, who is well-known for her provocative clothes and concert choreography, backed out of a concert in Malaysia two years ago after the Islamic party threatened to protest the show. Party officials have not planned any demonstrations for next month's event.

Entertainment company Marctensia, the concert's Malaysian organizer, said Knowles should be regarded as a "role model" and "embodiment of success" because of her heavy involvement in philanthropy work, including campaigns against poverty and domestic violence.

The company also allayed concerns that Knowles would wear inappropriate outfits, saying "all parties have come to an amicable understanding" about stage costumes at the stadium concert in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's largest city. Marctensia said Knowles promises to "be on her best behavior."

Biel to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro

When Jessica Biel, Lupe Fiasco and Isabel Lucas get together in Africa, they'll have nowhere to go but up.

The entertainers have signed on to climb the continent's highest peak -- Mt. Kilimanjaro, at more than 19,000 feet -- to raise awareness about the need for clean water worldwide.

The Summit on the Summit expedition, set for January, is the brainchild of singer and producer Kenna. His father suffered from waterborne diseases as a child in Ethiopia.

Biel, 27, said she was "astonished" to learn that more than a billion people across the globe have no access to clean water.

Justin Timberlake -- who's been romantically linked with Biel -- may also be joining the climbers: He told GQ magazine earlier this year that he was preparing for a major mountain climb.

Longoria plans to return to school

Eva Longoria says she is going back to school to learn about her Mexican roots.

The 34-year-old "Desperate Housewives" actress says she will enroll in a master's program in Chicano studies and political science.

Longoria says she wants to "learn more about the history of the country we come from." She didn't say what university she will attend.

Longoria says she also is polishing her Spanish. The Texas native's family is originally from the northern Mexican city of Monterrey.

Phillips says she had sex with father

Former child star Mackenzie Phillips said she had a decade-long sexual relationship with her father, pop superstar John Phillips, who also taught her how to roll joints and injected her with cocaine.

Mackenzie Phillips, 49, writes in her new book, "High on Arrival," that she had sex with her father on the night before she was to get married in 1979 at age 19.

Phillips wrote in her book: "I woke up that night from a blackout to find myself having sex with my own father." John Phillips, who died in 2001, was the leader of the 1960s group the Mamas and the Papas.

She told "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in an interview that aired Wednesday that her siblings "definitely have a problem with this."

Winfrey also read a statement from Genevieve Waite, John Phillips' wife at the time of the alleged abuse and Mackenzie's stepmother. Waite's statement said John Phillips was "incapable, no matter how drunk or drugged he was, of having such a relationship with his own child."

Phillips, 49, who starred on TV's "One Day at a Time," said the sexual relationship with her father lasted a decade and ended when she became pregnant and didn't know who had fathered the child. She had an abortion, which her father paid for, and "I never let him touch me again."

Newton to celebrate milestone in Las Vegas

Singer Wayne Newton plans to come back to the Las Vegas Strip to celebrate a 50-year career.

Officials for the Tropicana Las Vegas hotel-casino said the 67-year-old "Danke Schoen" crooner plans start a limited run next month.

The show, titled "Once Before I Go," is billed as a look back at Newton's career and life story.

In addition to stints at various Las Vegas casinos, Newton toured Australia in 2006 and also appeared on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars."